Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 202–159 | 56.0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1771 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 62–46 | 57.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Merfolk | 11 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 37–27 | 57.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 10 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 7 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 73–62 | 54.1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 16 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |